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FBI task force arrests Maryland officer accused of seeking sex with a minor

Zachary S. Koshlap

Zachary S. Koshlap, an Anne Arundel County police officer, was arrested Friday after he allegedly solicited sex from an 8-year-old child. (Anne Arundel County Police Department)

April 4, 2020
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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. – An FBI task force arrested a Maryland police officer after their investigation revealed he sought to have a sexual encounter with an 8-year-old child.

The Anne Arundel County officer was taken into custody Friday after allegedly seeking sex with a child on a pornographic website, his agency disclosed.

A task force officer working undercover received a message from an unknown user in late February soliciting sex with a child, the police said. As a result, the FBI investigated and said they identified the user as Zachary S. Koshlap, 33, of Glen Burnie, Md., reported The Washington Post.

Koshlap currently works as a patrol officer for the Anne Arundel County Police Department. He has been with the agency for six years, the organization said.

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On March 23 detectives served a search warrant at Koshlap’s home. Investigators seized various electronic evidence. A law enforcement press release said Koshlap “admitted his involvement in the conversation regarding the eight-year-old child,” during an interview with authorities. 

Zachary S. Koshlap
Zachary S. Koshlap was taken into custody Friday. He is accused of soliciting sex from an 8-year-old child. (Anne Arundel County Police Department)

Hence, Koshlap was suspended from the Anne Arundel County Police Department that day, according to the Post. Moreover, the task force performed forensic analysis of the electronic devices seized from his residence and on Friday obtained warrants charging him with sexual solicitation of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography. As a result, he was taken into custody Friday and ordered held without bond, Anne Arundel police spokesman Marc Limansky said.

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Anne Arundel County Police Chief Timothy J. Altomare said in the news release: “If someone wearing a badge betrays our oath of protection, we will do everything within our power to bring them to justice and make sure they never wear our uniform again. I am heart sick, physically ill, disgusted and enraged at the actions alleged in this case. I am also very proud of both our federal partners and our investigators who relentlessly investigated this case from the moment they learned about it.”

 


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